How It Should Have Ended
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How It Should Have Ended (HISHE) is an animated web series that parodies popular films by creating alternate endings and pointing out various flaws.[1][2][3] Endings for many major films have been presented, using the tagline "Sometimes movies don't finish the way we'd like".
The series won the Streamy Award for Best Animated Web series at the 2nd Streamy Awards in 2010.
History
[edit]How It Should Have Ended began after Daniel Baxter and Tommy Watson started discussing alternate endings for a film they had watched.[4][5] In 2005, their first animation "How Star Wars Should Have Ended" was completed and soon after in July 2005 the website was established.[6] Christina "Tina" Alexander,[7] who has previously worked with Baxter, joined the team shortly thereafter.
HISHE was awarded the "Best Internet Parody" award for "How Superman Should Have Ended" by Spike TV at the 2006 Scream Awards at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre in California.[8] and was featured in an MTV Comedy and Talent Showcase at the Hollywood Improv. It has also been featured as a Yahoo! Profile Pick and has appeared in both Fade In and Wired magazines.[9]
On March 5, 2007, HISHE was launched on YouTube as HISHEdotcom. It has attracted notable appearances such as Stan Lee himself in the parody of The Amazing Spider-Man.[10]
In September 2009, How It Should Have Ended joined Starz Digital Media which now handles all licensing. In April 2010, How It Should Have Ended was awarded the Streamy Award for Best Animated Web Series at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles.[11][12]
On June 30, 2013, a video was uploaded on TheFineBros channel which features the Teens React teens watching the Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, and Hunger Games HISHE episodes.
In November 2013, Batman and Superman from Super Café guest starred in the Nostalgia Critic's review of Man of Steel, at the end of the episode where The Critic parodies Super Café. HISHE also featured in the Screen Junkies series Honest Trailers in the episodes about The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies and Star Trek Into Darkness, with HISHE in turn inviting members of Screen Junkies onboard as guest writers.
Statistics
[edit]As of April 2, 2025[update], HISHE had 10.5 million subscribers and more than 3.3 billion views.[13] At the same time, HISHE had amassed over 353,000 followers on its Facebook account,[14] over 119,000 followers on its Instagram account[15] and over 31,400 followers on its Twitter account.[16]
Running gags
[edit]The series features running gags, including, but not limited to:
- In the Super Café segments, Batman and Superman discuss the actions of characters in current or upcoming superhero films, to which Batman almost always says he can do them better "Because I'm Batman!". Whenever an attractive female character appears in the café, Batman flirts with her by offering to reveal his secret identity.
- In Star Wars episodes (and on rare instances, episodes based on other films such as Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2) Darth Vader (or some variation of Anakin Skywalker depending on the era) gets overly giddy and excited when he finds out about his descendants or when someone's lineage is revealed, much to the chagrin of those around him.
- In episodes themed around Captain America films, the characters tease Captain America by singing a parody of his theme song from The Marvel Super Heroes, bringing up everything that did not surrender to him in the MCU up to that point.
- This was further referenced in the episode for Avengers: Endgame when Steve did it to Falcon after passing the mantle, and in the episode for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, by Sam and Bucky after John Walker, the government appointed Captain America, lost the shield after one of the Dora Milaje stole it.
- Characters frequently tend to reference or parody other characters played by the same actors as them. For instance, in any film featuring a character played by actor Andy Serkis (i.e. Supreme Leader Snoke from Star Wars sequel trilogy, Ulysses Klaue from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, etc.), the parody features the character with the voice of Gollum from the Lord of the Rings film series, Serkis' best known film role.
- In some episodes about superhero films (Marvel or DC), whenever a character is about to utter a profanity in a key scene, Captain America quickly jumps in and cuts them off, exclaiming "Language!" (referencing the opening scene in Avengers: Age of Ultron where he does so to Iron Man). In one episode parodying Avengers: Endgame, the role is reversed, with Captain America nearly swearing and being cut off by Deadpool.
- In alternate endings where certain characters survive films they would have died in (e.g. Quicksilver in Avengers: Age of Ultron, Polka-Dot Man in The Suicide Squad, Aunt May in Spider-Man: No Way Home and Gilgamesh in Eternals) said character says "One of us might have died" in the aftermath.
- The Joker regularly annoying and mocking Lord Voldemort in different ways.
- In episodes for Spider-Man films, a man in a lab coat appears and says "Here's a bright idea!", before advising the characters in certain scenes to do something different than what they were planning to do (with more common sense), thereby alleviating the advances of the plot that would have resulted (usually with the villains coming to power). The first instance of this occurring was in the episode for Spider-Man 3, in which the man who says "Here's a bright idea!" orders the scientists who were running the sand particle experiment to check the sand after initially believing the change in the silicon mass to be a bird. This would result in Flint Marko being arrested and preventing his transformation into Sandman.
Critical reception
[edit]Tubefilter ran an article covering How It Should Have Ended and discussing its fanbase.[17]
HISHE was described by Ben Mitchell as ”another revived entry in the pantheon of web series. Each episode astutely appropriates both what makes a viral film stand out (humor, topical references, accessible satire, fastpaced timing while appealing to its audience’s love/hâte relationship with pop culture”.[18]
Kennedy Unthank of Pluggedin wrote: "Often, How It Should Have Ended’s changes point out the more obvious, logical response that characters likely would have had if the movie was a bit more realistic. However, the YouTube channel’s satire is soft enough that it’s clear the point of each video isn’t to mock the movie, but to point out its flaws through constructive criticism."[19]
Benoit Mignault of the French website Fugues.com found the versions proposed "irresistibly funny" and "sometimes touching".[20]
Accolades
[edit]The series won the Streamy Award for Best Animated Web series at the 2nd Streamy Awards in 2010.[21][22]
Episodes
[edit]How It Should Have Ended (HISHE)
[edit]| Number | Title | Original upload date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Matrix Revolutions" | June 30, 2005 |
| 2 | "Saving Private Ryan" | June 30, 2005 |
| 3 | "Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope" | July 23, 2005 |
| 4 | "Braveheart" | July 31, 2005 |
| 5 | "Se7en" | August 31, 2005 |
| 6 | "The Blair Witch Project" | October 31, 2005 |
| 7 | "The Lord of the Rings" | January 31, 2006 |
| 8 | "Willy Wonka" | March 9, 2006 |
| 9 | "Underworld" | May 30, 2006 |
| 10 | "Superman" | July 27, 2006 |
| 11 | "Weird Science" | August 29, 2006 |
| 12 | "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" | October 19, 2006 |
| 13 | "Borat" | November 9, 2006 |
| 14 | "It's a Wonderful Life" | December 26, 2006 |
| 15 | "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" | March 13, 2007 |
| 16 | "Spider-Man 3" | October 3, 2007 |
| 17 | "Beowulf" | April 8, 2008 |
| 18 | "Terminator" | September 30, 2009 |
| 19 | "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" | October 22, 2009 |
| 20 | "Twilight" | November 18, 2009 |
| 21 | "The Wizard of Oz" | December 22, 2009 |
| 22 | "Avatar" | January 28, 2010 |
| 23 | "Star Trek" | February 25, 2010 |
| 24 | "2012" | March 23, 2010 |
| 25 | "Iron Man" | May 4, 2010 |
| 26 | "Predator" | May 27, 2010 |
| 27 | "Lost" | June 29, 2010 |
| 28 | "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" | July 29, 2010 |
| 29 | "Inception" | October 7, 2010 |
| 30 | "Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back" | September 24, 2010 |
| 31 | "Saw" | October 14, 2010 |
| 32 | "The Social Network" | November 4, 2010 |
| 33 | "The Tron HISHE Rap" | December 21, 2010 |
| 34 | "Top Gun" | January 13, 2011 |
| 35 | "Aliens" | February 4, 2011 |
| 36 | "The Dark Knight" | February 24, 2011 |
| 37 | "District 9" | March 24, 2011 |
| 38 | "Scream" | April 14, 2011 |
| 39 | "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" | April 29, 2011 |
| 40 | "Halo: Reach" | April 29, 2011 |
| 41 | "Toy Story 3" | May 5, 2011 |
| 42 | "Mortal Kombat" | May 26, 2011 |
| 43 | "Thor" | June 2, 2011 |
| 44 | "Jaws" | June 24, 2011 |
| 45 | "300" | July 14, 2011 |
| 46 | "Harry Potter" | August 18, 2011 |
| 47 | "Super Mario Bros." | September 1, 2011 |
| 48 | "Captain America" | September 8, 2011 |
| 49 | "World of Warcraft" | September 22, 2011 |
| 50 | "Jurassic Park" | September 29, 2011 |
| 51 | "Ghostbusters" | October 20, 2011 |
| 52 | "God of War" | November 3, 2011 |
| 53 | "X-Men: First Class" | November 30, 2011 |
| 54 | "Resident Evil" | December 15, 2011 |
| 55 | "BioShock" | January 19, 2012 |
| 56 | "Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi" | January 25, 2012 |
| 57 | "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows" | February 16, 2012 |
| 58 | "Pulp Fiction" | March 22, 2012 |
| 59 | "Game of Thrones Season 1" | March 29, 2012 |
| 60 | "Assassin's Creed" | April 12, 2012 |
| 61 | "Hunger Games" | April 19, 2012 |
| 62 | "The Avengers" | May 31, 2012 |
| 63 | "Tangled" | June 21, 2012 |
| 64 | "Titanic" | June 28, 2012 |
| 65 | "Prometheus" | July 26, 2012 |
| 66 | "Skyrim" | August 2, 2012 |
| 67 | "The Dark Knight Rises" | August 23, 2012 |
| 68 | "Mass Effect 3" | September 20, 2012 |
| 69 | "The Amazing Spider-Man" | September 27, 2012 |
| 70 | "Paranormal Activity 1, 2, & 3" | October 25, 2012 |
| 71 | "The Bourne Identity" | November 1, 2012 |
| 72 | "Casino Royale" | November 8, 2012 |
| 73 | "Looper" | November 29, 2012 |
| 74 | "Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 2" | January 3, 2013 |
| 75 | "The Hobbit" | January 17, 2013 |
| 76 | "Stan Lee's Star Wars HISHE (Full Length Version)" | February 13, 2013 |
| 77 | "Portal" | March 15, 2013 |
| 78 | "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" | April 25, 2013 |
| 79 | "Oblivion" | May 10, 2013 |
| 80 | "Iron Man 3" | May 30, 2013 |
| 81 | "Fast & Furious 6" | June 26, 2013 |
| 82 | "Man of Steel" | July 16, 2013 |
| 83 | "Pacific Rim" | August 21, 2013 |
| 84 | "Star Trek Into Darkness" | October 2, 2013 |
| 85 | "World War Z" | October 29, 2013 |
| 86 | "Doctor Who: Doomsday" | November 18, 2013 |
| 87 | "Thor: The Dark World" | December 18, 2013 |
| 88 | "The Desolation of Smaug" | January 15, 2014 |
| 89 | "Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace" | February 3, 2014 |
| 90 | "Batman Begins" | February 27, 2014 |
| 91 | "Frozen (Original HISHE (Repost))" | April 14, 2014 |
| 92 | "The Lego Movie" | May 1, 2014 |
| 93 | "Godzilla" | July 11, 2014 |
| 94 | "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" | August 5, 2014 |
| 95 | "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" | September 23, 2014 |
| 96 | "The Maze Runner" | October 9, 2014 |
| 97 | "Guardians of the Galaxy" | November 19, 2014 |
| 98 | "How to Train Your Dragon 2" | December 29, 2014 |
| 99 | "X-Men: Days of Future Past" | February 12, 2015 |
| 100 | "The Battle of the Five Armies" | March 24, 2015 |
| 101 | "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" | April 16, 2015 |
| 102 | "Avengers: Age of Ultron Part 1" | June 2, 2015 |
| 103 | "Avengers: Age of Ultron Part 2" | June 16, 2015 |
| 104 | "Jurassic World" | July 10, 2015 |
| 105 | "Inside Out" | July 29, 2015 |
| 106 | "Big Hero 6" | September 22, 2015 |
| 107 | "Ant-Man" | October 8, 2015 |
| 108 | "Back to the Future, 2" | October 20, 2015 |
| 109 | "Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones" | November 24, 2015 |
| 110 | "Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith" | December 16, 2015 |
| 111 | "Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens" | February 9, 2016 |
| 112 | "The Good Dinosaur" | February 16, 2016 |
| 113 | "Deadpool" | March 8, 2016 |
| 114 | "The Revenant" | March 29, 2016 |
| 115 | "The Jungle Book" | April 12, 2016 |
| 116 | "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" | May 3, 2016 |
| 117 | "Finding Nemo" | June 14, 2016 |
| 118 | "Captain America: Civil War" | July 5, 2016 |
| 119 | "X-Men: Apocalypse" | July 26, 2016 |
| 120 | "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows" | September 6, 2016 |
| 121 | "Star Trek Beyond" | October 4, 2016 |
| 122 | "Suicide Squad" | October 11, 2016 |
| 123 | "Star Wars (Special Edition)" | December 15, 2016 |
| 124 | "Doctor Strange" | January 31, 2017 |
| 125 | "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" | March 2, 2017 |
| 126 | "Beauty and the Beast" | March 14, 2017 |
| 127 | "Logan" | April 12, 2017 |
| 128 | "The Lego Batman Movie" | June 12, 2017 |
| 129 | "Moana" | June 20, 2017 |
| 130 | "Kong: Skull Island" | July 18, 2017 |
| 131 | "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" | August 10, 2017 |
| 132 | "Wonder Woman" | September 12, 2017 |
| 133 | "Spider-Man: Homecoming" | October 17, 2017 |
| 134 | "The Incredibles" | November 16, 2017 |
| 135 | "Thor: Ragnarok" | January 9, 2018 |
| 136 | "Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi" | February 12, 2018 |
| 137 | "Justice League" | April 9, 2018 |
| 138 | "It" | May 10, 2018 |
| 139 | "Black Panther" | May 17, 2018 |
| 140 | "Avengers: Infinity War" | June 28, 2018 |
| 141 | "Deadpool 2" | August 6, 2018 |
| 142 | "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" | September 18, 2018 |
| 143 | "Solo: A Star Wars Story" | September 25, 2018 |
| 144 | "Ant-Man and the Wasp" | October 18, 2018 |
| 145 | "Incredibles 2" | November 5, 2018 |
| 146 | "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" | November 13, 2018 |
| 147 | "Aquaman" | January 31, 2019 |
| 148 | "The Meg" | February 7, 2019 |
| 149 | "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" | March 5, 2019 |
| 150 | "Bumblebee" | April 2, 2019 |
| 151 | "Captain Marvel" | April 24, 2019 |
| 152 | "Shazam!" | May 7, 2019 |
| 153 | "Aladdin" | May 21, 2019 |
| 154 | "Avengers: Endgame" | June 13, 2019 |
| 155 | "Venom" | July 8, 2019 |
| 156 | "The Lion King" | July 19, 2019 |
| 157 | "Spider-Man: Far From Home" | August 27, 2019 |
| 158 | "Godzilla: King of the Monsters" | September 18, 2019 |
| 159 | "It Chapter Two" | October 17, 2019 |
| 160 | "Joker" | November 26, 2019 |
| 161 | "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle" | December 10, 2019 |
| 162 | "Terminator: Dark Fate" | January 15, 2020 |
| 163 | "Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker" | February 13, 2020 |
| 164 | "Frozen 2" | March 12, 2020 |
| 165 | "Sonic the Hedgehog" | April 23, 2020 |
| 166 | "Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)" | June 11, 2020 |
| 167 | "Spider-Man 2" | July 22, 2020 |
| 168 | "The Mandalorian (Season One)" | October 7, 2020 |
| 169 | "Iron Man 2" | December 8, 2020 |
| 170 | "Wonder Woman 1984" | February 11, 2021 |
| 171 | "WandaVision" | April 22, 2021 |
| 172 | "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" | June 15, 2021 |
| 173 | "Godzilla vs. Kong" | June 29, 2021 |
| 174 | "Black Widow" | August 25, 2021 |
| 175 | "The Suicide Squad" | October 21, 2021 |
| 176 | "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" | November 17, 2021 |
| 177 | "Venom: Let There Be Carnage" | November 30, 2021 |
| 178 | "Spider-Man" | December 14, 2021 |
| 179 | "Spider-Man: No Way Home" | March 4, 2022 |
| 180 | "Zack Snyder's Justice League" | April 14, 2022 |
| 181 | "The Batman" | April 22, 2022 |
| 182 | "Sonic the Hedgehog 2" | June 14, 2022 |
| 183 | "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" | July 7, 2022 |
| 184 | "Thor: Love and Thunder" | October 5, 2022 |
| 185 | "Stranger Things (Seasons 1–4)" | October 28, 2022 |
| 186 | "Jurassic World Dominion" | November 4, 2022 |
| 187 | "Top Gun: Maverick" | November 19, 2022 |
| 188 | "Black Adam" | December 7, 2022 |
| 189 | "Eternals" | December 19, 2022 |
| 190 | "Obi-Wan Kenobi" | December 27, 2022 |
| 191 | "Avatar: The Way of Water" | February 22, 2023 |
| 192 | "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" | March 14, 2023 |
| 193 | "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania" | April 20, 2023 |
| 194 | "Shazam! Fury of the Gods" | May 4, 2023 |
| 195 | "The Little Mermaid" | May 18, 2023 |
| 196 | "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" | June 22, 2023 |
| 197 | "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" | July 19, 2023 |
| 198 | "The Flash" | October 10, 2023 |
| 199 | "Zootopia" | October 17, 2023 |
| 200 | "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" | October 24, 2023 |
| 201 | "Barbie" | November 7, 2023 |
| 202 | "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" | November 14, 2023 |
| 203 | "Transformers: Rise of the Beasts" | November 28, 2023 |
| 204 | "The Marvels" | December 12, 2023 |
| 205 | "Batman" | December 22, 2023 |
| 206 | "Dune" | February 8, 2024 |
| 207 | "Madame Web" | April 2, 2024 |
| 208 | "Deadpool & Wolverine" | September 26, 2024 |
| 209 | "Joker: Folie à Deux" | October 29, 2024 |
| 210 | "Gladiator" | November 20, 2024 |
| 211 | "Elf" | December 20, 2024 |
| 212 | "The Penguin" | February 6, 2025 |
| 213 | "Captain America: Brave New World" | March 13, 2025 |
Remastered episodes
[edit]| Number | Title | Original upload date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Spider-Man 3" | October 4, 2018 |
| 2 | "Top Gun" | May 25, 2022 |
| 3 | "Avatar" | December 12, 2022 |
| 4 | "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" | June 6, 2023 |
| 5 | "Willy Wonka" | December 15, 2023 |
| 6 | "Ghostbusters" | March 23, 2024 |
| 7 | "The Wizard of Oz" | November 14, 2024 |
Bonus and extended scenes
[edit]| Number | Title | Original upload date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "How to Survive an Alien Attack – Men in Black, Signs, Aliens, Mars Attacks!, Starship Troopers, Predator, War of the Worlds, Independence Day" | February 28, 2006 |
| 2 | "Ocean's 40 Trailer" | April 29, 2007 |
| 3 | "The Holiday Movie Special – How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Santa Clause, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Gremlins, The Polar Express, A Christmas Carol, Frosty the Snowman, Jingle All the Way, A Charlie Brown Christmas, A Christmas Story, Home Alone, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Elf" | November 23, 2010 |
| 4 | "The Best Picture Summary 2011" | February 25, 2011 |
| 5 | "Empire Strikes Back 'Happy Vader'" | September 15, 2011 |
| 6 | "Twilight 'Vampire Staring Contest'" | November 17, 2011 |
| 7 | "Indiana Jones 4 'Broken Bones Jones'" | December 22, 2011 |
| 8 | "Lost – Hurley" | December 29, 2011 |
| 9 | "Star Trek – Deleted Scene" | February 9, 2012 |
| 10 | "Harry Potter and the Best Picture Summary" | February 23, 2012 |
| 11 | "Return of the Jedi Bloopers: Exhaust Plorts" | April 5, 2012 |
| 12 | "Hunger Games: Tree Scene" | April 26, 2012 |
| 13 | "Transformers Play Battleship" | May 24, 2012 |
| 14 | "Avengers Bonus Scene" | June 7, 2012 |
| 15 | "The Dark Knight Rises Bonus Scene" | August 30, 2012 |
| 16 | "The Slender Games" | September 13, 2012 |
| 17 | "The Amazing Spider-Man – Bonus Scene" | October 4, 2012 |
| 18 | "The Zombie Song – Resident Evil" | October 11, 2012 |
| 19 | "How the Batman v Superman SDCC Teaser Should Have Ended" | August 14, 2014 |
| 20 | "The Lego HISHE 2 (The Alternate Ending)" | August 26, 2014 |
| 21 | "Megatron Misses Shia" | September 29, 2014 |
| 22 | "HISHE Bonus Bundle – The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Phantom Menace, Man of Steel, The Empire Strikes Back" | October 22, 2014 |
| 23 | "How the Avengers: Age of Ultron Teaser Should Have Ended" | October 30, 2014 |
| 24 | "Batman Meets Galadriel" | April 1, 2015 |
| 25 | "Jurassic World – Raptor Training?" | February 5, 2015 |
| 26 | "Bat Blood – A Batman v Superman and Bad Blood Parody Featuring Batman" | September 10, 2015 |
| 27 | "Rey's Jedi Training Directed by Quentin Tarantino" | April 1, 2016 |
| 28 | "Star Wars: The Force Awakens Alternate HISHE" | April 7, 2016 |
| 29 | "Arrival Trailer" | August 16, 2016 |
| 30 | "Captain America: Civil War Alternate HISHE" | September 13, 2016 |
| 31 | "Nuthin' but an Alien – An Alien and Dr. Dre Parody" | May 15, 2017 |
| 32 | "Hulk Spoils Movies" | July 25, 2017 |
| 33 | "Here Comes My Arrow – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Parody" | August 21, 2017 |
| 34 | "The Sound of Violence – Musical Parody" | November 22, 2017 |
| 35 | "Star Wars – Best Picture Summary – Oscars 2018" | February 27, 2018 |
| 36 | "Ocean's Over 40 Official Trailer" | June 4, 2018 |
| 37 | "Jurassic World Alternate HISHE" | June 18, 2018 |
| 38 | "Avengers: Infinity War Alternate HISHE" | July 26, 2018 |
| 39 | "How the Venom Trailer Should Have Ended" | September 5, 2018 |
| 40 | "How the Avengers: Endgame Trailer Should Have Ended" | December 19, 2018 |
| 41 | "How the Spider-Man: Far From Home Trailer Should Have Ended" | May 15, 2019 |
| 42 | "Avengers: Endgame Alternate HISHE" | June 20, 2019 |
| 43 | "How Captain America Should Have Returned the Stones" | July 23, 2019 |
| 44 | "Bonus Features Spider-Man: Far From Home HISHE" | September 6, 2019 |
| 45 | "The Avengers – Best Picture Summary 2020" | February 3, 2020 |
| 46 | "Spider-Man – Best Picture Summary 2022" | March 25, 2022 |
| 47 | "Megatron Wants a Movie" | June 8, 2023 |
| 48 | "Previously on Dune – Part One" | February 29, 2024 |
| 49 | "Previously on Mad Max: Fury Road" | May 21, 2024 |
| 50 | "Inside Deadpool" | July 24, 2024 |
| 51 | "Yoda Cancels The Acolyte" | August 23, 2024 |
HISHE Dubs
[edit]| Number | Title | Original upload date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Blade Runner" | October 3, 2017 |
| 2 | "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" | November 13, 2017 |
| 3 | "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" | February 5, 2018 |
| 4 | "Pacific Rim" | March 20, 2018 |
| 5 | "Jurassic World" | June 11, 2018 |
| 6 | "Predator" | September 10, 2018 |
| 7 | "Ready Player One" | November 20, 2018 |
| 8 | "Transformers" | December 19, 2018 |
| 9 | "Avengers: Infinity War" | April 19, 2019 |
| 10 | "Avengers: Endgame" | October 24, 2019 |
| 11 | "Frozen" | November 19, 2019 |
| 12 | "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" | December 16, 2019 |
| 13 | "A Quiet Place" | March 19, 2020 |
| 14 | "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" | May 26, 2020 |
| 15 | "Jaws" | June 23, 2020 |
| 16 | "Wonder Woman" | September 29, 2020 |
| 17 | "Venom" | October 22, 2020 |
| 18 | "Jurassic Park" | November 19, 2020 |
| 19 | "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" | December 15, 2020 |
| 20 | "Justice League" | March 16, 2021 |
| 21 | "Toy Story" | June 23, 2021 |
| 22 | "Suicide Squad" | August 5, 2021 |
| 23 | "Twilight" | October 28, 2021 |
| 24 | "The Matrix" | March 17, 2022 |
| 25 | "Spider-Man: No Way Home" | December 5, 2023 |
HISHE Reviews
[edit]| Number | Title | Original upload date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Batman v Superman" | March 28, 2016 |
| 2 | "Civil War" | May 10, 2016 |
| 3 | "Suicide Squad" | August 9, 2016 |
| 4 | "Doctor Strange" | November 8, 2016 |
| 5 | "Rogue One" | December 20, 2016 |
| 6 | "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" | May 8, 2017 |
| 7 | "Wonder Woman" | June 5, 2017 |
| 8 | "Spider-Man: Homecoming" | July 13, 2017 |
| 9 | "Thor: Ragnarok" | November 7, 2017 |
| 10 | "Justice League" | November 21, 2017 |
| 11 | "The Last Jedi" | December 19, 2017 |
| 12 | "Black Panther" | February 20, 2018 |
| 13 | "Avengers: Infinity War" | May 1, 2018 |
| 14 | "Solo: A Star Wars Story" | May 25, 2018 |
| 15 | "Avengers: Endgame" | May 2, 2019 |
| 16 | "The Rise of Skywalker" | December 22, 2019 |
| 17 | "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" | May 13, 2022 |
| 18 | "Cocaine Bear" | March 1, 2023 |
| 19 | "Shazam! Fury of the Gods" | March 22, 2023 |
| 20 | "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" | April 11, 2023 |
| 21 | "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" | May 10, 2023 |
HISHE Features
[edit]On May 12, 2015, HISHE launched a series named HISHE Features.[23] This series aims to put the spotlight on lesser known YouTube animators or film-related channels. It is also used to bridge the gap between HISHE's own videos.
The series has been a success, both in terms of views and features, which include Ricepirate, OnlyLeigh, BrotherhoodWorkshop[24] as well as Hank & Jed. The series has however received some criticism from fans who believe the content is not up to par with HISHE's own and could therefore damage their reputation. HISHE has responded by refuting these claims stating that it is beneficial to all parties involved.
BrotherhoodWorkshop
[edit]| Number | Title | Original upload date |
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| 1 | "Lego Batman Is Jelly" | November 5, 2014 |
| 2 | "Lego HISHE – Sand People Are Bad Shots" | December 8, 2014 |
| 3 | "Even Orcs Know" | July 21, 2015 |
| 4 | "Lego Age of Ultron in 2 Minutes" | October 1, 2015 |
| 5 | "Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens Lego HISHE" | March 22, 2016 |
| 6 | "Harry Potter in 90 Seconds (Lego Stop-Motion)" | November 15, 2016 |
| 7 | "Rogue One Lego HISHE – Chirrut vs. Everything" | September 21, 2017 |
| 8 | "Star Wars: The Last Jedi Lego Summary" | July 12, 2018 |
Movie Mash
[edit]| Number | Title | Original upload date |
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| 1 | "Gremlins and Taken" | January 20, 2015 |
| 2 | "The Hunger Games and RoboCop" | March 12, 2015 |
| 3 | "Cast Away and Jaws" | September 3, 2015 |
Total Spoilage
[edit]| Number | Title | Original upload date |
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| 1 | "Lord of the Rings" | February 19, 2015 |
| 2 | "Avengers Assemble" | July 16, 2015 |
| 3 | "The Martian" | February 23, 2016 |
After Credits
[edit]| Number | Title | Original upload date |
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| 1 | "Interstellar" | April 5, 2016 |
| 2 | "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" | May 31, 2016 |
| 3 | "Superman" | July 12, 2016 |
| 4 | "Mad Max: Fury Road" | August 23, 2016 |
| 5 | "X-Men Apocalypse" | October 18, 2016 |
| 6 | "Predator" | November 29, 2016 |
| 7 | "Batman v Superman" | April 4, 2017 |
Five Stages of Watching
[edit]| Number | Title | Original upload date |
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| 1 | "Five Stages of Watching a Marvel Movie" | April 24, 2015 |
| 2 | "Five Stages of Watching a Pixar Movie" | June 18, 2015 |
| 3 | "Five Stages of Watching a Young-Adult Movie" | December 1, 2015 |
| 4 | "Five Stages of Watching a Purge Movie" | October 25, 2016 |
| 5 | "Five Stages of Watching a Disney Remake" | April 27, 2017 |
| 6 | "Five Stages of Watching a Spider-Man Reboot" | July 5, 2017 |
| 7 | "Five Stages of Watching a Star Wars Movie" | May 21, 2018 |
Hero Swap
[edit]| Number | Title | Original upload date |
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| 1 | "Gladiator Starring Iron Man" | April 26, 2016 |
| 2 | "Pinocchio Starring Terminator" | May 26, 2016 |
| 3 | "Aquaman v Superman" | August 2, 2016 |
| 4 | "Home Alone Starring E.T." | December 6, 2016 |
| 5 | "The Matrix Starring Forrest Gump" | February 15, 2017 |
| 6 | "It Starring Jar Jar Binks" | November 30, 2017 |
James Covenant
[edit]| Number | Title | Original upload date |
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| 1 | "Silent Night by Chewbacca" | December 21, 2016 |
| 2 | "Mary Poppins Starring Yondu" | December 5, 2017 |
| 3 | "Avengers: Infinity War and Beyond Trailer (Toy Story Mashup)" | May 3, 2018 |
ByteSize Recaps
[edit]| Number | Title | Original upload date |
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| 1 | "The Last of Us" | June 16, 2020 |
| 2 | "Pokémon Red and Blue" | July 30, 2020 |
| 3 | "Batman: Arkham Asylum" | October 15, 2020 |
Others
[edit]| Number | Title | Original upload date |
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| 1 | "Tomorrowland – Minute Minecraft Parodies" | June 25, 2015 |
| 2 | "BigHead Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 1" | November 18, 2015 |
HISHE Kids
[edit]HISHE launched an additional channel called HISHE Kids, with the show Fixed Fairy Tales.
Fixed Fairy Tales
[edit]Fixed Fairy Tales is an animated series that takes classic fairy tales and gives them a new twist. The stories are narrated by a talking owl named Vincent Featherbottom, who usually tells a summary to the actual story while pointing some flaws and starts to narrate his own version of the story.
| Number | Title | Original upload date |
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| 1 | "Humpty Dumpty" | January 13, 2015 |
| 2 | "Little Red Riding Hood" | February 10, 2015 |
| 3 | "Peter Piper" | March 10, 2015 |
| 4 | "The Princess and the Pea" | April 15, 2015 |
| 5 | "Goldilocks, The Gingerbread Man, and Little Miss Muffet" | June 9, 2015 |
| 6 | "Three Little Pigs" | October 14, 2015 |
Super Café / The Villain Pub
[edit] | This section needs additional citations for verification. (October 2021) |
Super Café / The Villain Pub is a segment that debuted at the end of "How Superman Should Have Ended" which featured Superman discussing the alternate events of the 1978 Superman film in a café with Batman, which began the trend of Super Café. Though it is thought to be based on Seinfeld, the clips are actually based on the final scene of Daniel Baxter's favorite film, Swingers, with Superman standing in for Trent and Batman standing in for Mike.[25]
In various superhero episodes of How It Should Have Ended, altered or added scenes are shown from the superhero film, followed by the superheroes that appear in the film interacting with Batman and Superman (both voiced by Daniel Baxter) in the Super Café; it also always appears at the end of each episode (except the HISHE episodes for Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy, which the café was only shown at the near beginning). The Super Café segment is featured in every superhero film the series has covered so far. Superman and Batman also make a brief appearance in a café in the "How Pulp Fiction Should Have Ended". The segment was also used in the Nostalgia Critic's review of Man of Steel.[26] A companion segment called The Villain Pub which is modeled from Cheers and features many popular villains like Loki, the Joker, Voldemort, General Zod and many more began with "How Thor: The Dark World Should Have Ended". In those segments, Emperor Palpatine is the bartender, Bowser is the bouncer (bownser), Thanos is the janitor, HAL 9000 is the security system and Jaws is the executioner. The Cheers theme song was rewritten as a theme.
There are numerous running gags in the Super Café segments, the most notable being in which Batman always explains his various accomplishments and abilities or finds some kind of excuse to say his catchphrase "Because I'm Batman!", much to Superman's irritation. In the HISHE episode for Suicide Squad, Batman discovers the Villain Pub and in The Villain Pub's episode "The Boss Battle", goes to confront the villains congregating there, nearly successfully, only to be tempted by Emperor Palpatine by his weakness – the ladies. It is then that Harley Quinn, who had used her vexing charms to be allowed back into the pub, knocks out Batman from behind. Batman is then taken into the cellar to be fed to the shark Jaws, who is comically depicted as talking in a high-pitched voice, chained up and stripped of his equipment. He barely escapes after being rescued by Dr. Strange, a fact that is reiterated in the HISHE episode for Doctor Strange (which also cryptically contained a spoiler for the Avengers: Infinity War trailer). Later, in the HISHE episode for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, things begin to take a turn for the dire when Ayesha, disgusted by heroes congregating in a café to meet, decides to punish superheroes whom she blames for her failure by destroying their café and unleashes her superweapon Martha (a parody of Adam Warlock, who was teased in the actual end-credits scene of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, and deliberately named to taunt both Batman and Superman for their mothers having the same name). The arrival of Martha to decimate the café is foreshadowed in further videos like the HISHE episodes for Wonder Woman, Spider-Man: Homecoming and Thor: Ragnarok. At last, in the HISHE episode for Justice League, Martha (voiced by James Rallison) arrives and succeeds in his primary objective of destroying the café but upon facing the Justice League, joined by Green Lantern, who comically resembles Steve Trevor, gets his neck snapped by Superman, much to the irritation of Batman, who had wanted to take down Martha through his own plan. The café is later rebuilt by Black Panther in the HISHE episode for Black Panther.
In the HISHE episode for Deadpool, Deadpool gets himself bounced from both the Super Café and the Villain Pub. He gets bounced from the Super Café because he likes killing enemies like a villain, and from the Villain Pub because he is not evil enough to be allowed there. Deadpool cannot even swear at the pub, with his attempts being given bleep censors.
Super Café episodes
[edit]Stand-alone episodes of Super Café separate from the Super Café segments of How It Should Have Ended (HISHE) episodes.
Note: Each episode features Superman and Batman.
| Number | Title | Original upload date | |
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| 1 | "Super Social Network" | February 2, 2012 | |
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Batman and Superman discuss their repetitive status updates on Twitter. | |||
| 2 | "Bat Phone" | March 8, 2012 | |
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Superman tries to convince Batman to buy a smartphone. | |||
| 3 | "Bros Before Marios" | May 3, 2012 | |
| 4 | "Pros and Cons" | May 7, 2012 | |
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Superman tries to convince Batman to go to Comic Con. | |||
| 5 | "Trailer of Steel" | December 20, 2012 | |
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Superman and Batman discuss the Man of Steel trailer. | |||
| 6 | "Swingers Tribute" | April 11, 2013 | |
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Superman attempts to flirt with Mrs. Incredible from afar. | |||
| 7 | "Versus" | July 30, 2013 | |
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Superman and Batman discuss possible titles for Batman v Superman, each title reflecting the heroes' opinions as to who could defeat whom in the proposed fight. | |||
| 8 | "Who's a Hero" | November 21, 2013 | |
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The Eleventh Doctor stops by the café to talk about the events in Doctor Who: The Name of the Doctor. | |||
| 9 | "And the Reboot Goes To" | March 3, 2015 | |
| 10 | "Batman v Superman – It's On!" | April 21, 2015 | |
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A Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice trailer provokes conflict between Superman and Batman. | |||
| 1 | "Batman Go" | August 30, 2016 | |
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Superman's addiction to Pokémon Go annoys Batman, who then demonstrates Batman Go, an equivalent app that helps him hunt real criminals.
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| 12 | "The Last Trailer" | April 20, 2017 | |
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Superman and Batman get into conflict with the new Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Justice League trailer. | |||
| 13 | "Teens and Titans" | August 16, 2018 | |
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Following the release of Teen Titans Go! To the Movies, Batman rants about the film's cartoonish and silly nature and the inconsistency in tones between various DC films. | |||
| 14 | "Nostalgia Detective" | December 4, 2018 | |
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Superman and Batman discuss remakes and nostalgia with Detective Pikachu. | |||
| 15 | "Duh Plus" | November 12, 2019 | |
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Superman and Batman discuss DuhPlus. | |||
| 16 | "The Next Knight Rises" | February 25, 2020 | |
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After interrupting Batman's new suit teaser in the closet, Superman questions its appearance. | |||
| 17 | "Snyder Cut" | March 23, 2021 | |
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Batman and Superman react to Zack Snyder's Justice League amazingly. | |||
| 18 | "Let's-A Go!" | April 4, 2023 | |
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A certain Mario returns to the Super Café to hype up Batman and Superman about his big day. | |||
| 19 | "New Suit Jitters" | June 10, 2024 | |
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Superman is a little anxious about his new suit and the new reboot so Batman is offering him some pointers. Deadpool shows up with a little advice of his own. | |||
| 20 | "Deadpool & Wolverine Super Café" | October 3, 2024 | |
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When Deadpool creates a major alteration to the timeline, Batman and Superman are going to ask a lots of questions.
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| 21 | "I Have A Dog Now" | January 14, 2025 | |
| 22 | "Avengers Doomsday Chairs - Super Cafe Reacts" | January 14, 2025 | |
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Batman and Superman react to the Avengers: Doomsday Casting Announcement chair live stream. | |||
The Villain Pub episodes
[edit]Note: Each episode features patrons the Joker,[a] Loki, General Zod,[b] Lord Voldemort and bartender Palpatine. Some times janitor Thanos and Khan Noonien Singh make an appearance in some episodes.
| Number | Title | Original upload date | |
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| 1 | "To Battle!!!" | June 4, 2014 | |
| 2 | "To the Tailor!!!" | September 11, 2014 | |
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Voldemort, the Joker and Loki discuss the importance of having a unique "look". | |||
| 3 | "The New Smile" | August 25, 2015 | |
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The Joker surprises everyone when he shows up at the Villain Pub with his new smile, tattoos and lack of eyebrows, and talks about his past looks, and why change is important. Voldemort remarks that his new look is hurting him "really, really bad" and General Zod exclaims that the Joker now looks like "a psychotic version of Jordan from My So-Called Life". | |||
| 4 | "Zombie Night" | August 29, 2015 | |
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Voldemort and the Joker debate on whether zombies (collective villains) should be counted as real villains or not when Khan shows up and joins their discussion (remarking that everyone seems like zombies to him). The episode ends with Voldemort and the Joker remarking that the Borg, the Cylons and the Cybermen are "basically robot zombies". | |||
| 5 | "The Boss Battle" | November 22, 2016 | |
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After the Suicide Squad are kicked out for saving the world, Batman enters the pub for The Villain Pub's Episode 5 and whenever a hero invades an enemy base, there is always a boss battle. | |||
| 6 | "Penny for Your Fears" | October 31, 2017 | |
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In 1989, Pennywise the Clown winds up in the Villain Pub. | |||
| 7 | "12 Days of Christmas" | December 13, 2017 | |
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The villains sing a parody of "The Twelve Days of Christmas". | |||
| 8 | "The Dead Pool" | April 23, 2018 | |
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The villains bet on how many heroes Thanos will kill in Avengers: Infinity War.
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| 9 | "Trick or Treat" | October 30, 2018 | |
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On Halloween, the villains discuss their opinions on the holiday while stealing candy from trick-or-treaters who arrive at the pub. | |||
| 10 | "Best Picture Summary (Oscars 2019)" | February 19, 2019 | |
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Thanos is dismayed that Avengers: Infinity War did not get nominated for Best Picture and the villains compare it to the other nominees. | |||
| 11 | "Return of the Palps (Star Wars Predictions)" | October 1, 2019 | |
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The villains discuss Palpatine's return to Star Wars. | |||
| 12 | "Palpatine's Quarantine" | April 2, 2020 | |
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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Palpatine closes the pub to enforce social distancing and tries to entertain himself during his quarantine. | |||
| 13 | "The Impostor (Among Us Parody)" | October 31, 2020 | |
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The villains play Among Us only to find themselves in a game-like situation. | |||
| 14 | "Into the Loki-Verse" | August 2, 2021 | |
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After the collapse of the Sacred Timeline, Loki discusses the Multiverse with the Villain Pub. | |||
| 15 | "Five Nights" | October 31, 2023 | |
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A stormtrooper must survive the night from Freddy Fazbear, Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy during their late night shift as Villain Pub security. | |||
| 16 | "A Despicable Quiet Place" | June 27, 2024 | |
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Fallout, The Last of Us, A Quiet Place – so many apocalypse stories! So what happens when The Ghoul, a Clicker and a Death Angel walk into the pub and what do the other villains think about them? | |||
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Mostly The Dark Knight version.
- ^ Mostly the DC Extended Universe version.
References
[edit]- ^ Lee, Stuart D. (July 21, 2022). A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-119-69144-0.
- ^ Jameson, A. D. (May 8, 2018). I Find Your Lack of Faith Disturbing: Star Wars and the Triumph of Geek Culture. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 978-0-374-71707-0.
- ^ Mitchell, Ben (April 21, 2017). Independent Animation: Developing, Producing and Distributing Your Animated Films. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-351-59921-4.
- ^ Stone, Rachel (June 28, 2018). "The Youtube sensation you didn't know is in our own backyard". Oak Cliff. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
- ^ Beil, Benjamin; Engell, Lorenz; Schröter, Jens; Schwaab, Herbert; Wentz, Daniela (2017). LOST in Media. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 185. ISBN 978-3-643-90206-1.
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- ^ "Spike TV's Scream Awards Winners!". Geeks of Doom. October 9, 2006. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
- ^ Watercutter, Angela (August 18, 2011). "Video: Harry Potter Alternate Ending Uses 'Magic, Duh'". Wired. Archived from the original on August 20, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
- ^ Daniel on Mon (September 24, 2012). "Amazing Spider-Man". Shorts And Releases. How It Should Have Ended Forum. Archived from the original on July 24, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
- ^ "How It Should Have Ended - Best Animated Web Series - 2010 Streamy Awards". blip.tv. Archived from the original on September 29, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
- ^ "Superman wins awards at Spike TV SCREAM AWARDS". The SuperHeroHype Forums. Archived from the original on August 6, 2016. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
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- ^ "HowItShouldHaveEnded (@TheHISHEdotcom)". Twitter. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
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- ^ Migneault, Benoit (May 7, 2020). "How it should have ended". Fugues (in Canadian French). Retrieved April 2, 2025.
- ^ White, Cindy (April 12, 2010). "Streamy Award Winners". IGN. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
- ^ "Starz Digital Media Renews Web Series How It Should Have Ended". Animation World Network. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
- ^ "HISHE Features". How It Should Have Ended. Retrieved February 22, 2017 – via YouTube.
- ^ Meikle, Kyle (January 24, 2019). Adaptations in the Franchise Era: 2001-16. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-5013-1874-0.
- ^ Super Café: Swingers Tribute. How It Should Have Ended. April 11, 2013. Retrieved February 22, 2017 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Man of Steel". That Guy with the Glasses. Nostalgia Critic. November 2, 2013. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- HISHEdotcom's channel on YouTube
- Video of the Streamy Awards presentation for Best Animated Web Series
- Writer of Pop: Website of the week: How it Should Have Ended
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